During consideration of the Fiscal Year 1998 appropriations bill for the Treasury Department and certain other federal agencies, Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Co.) offered an NRLC-backed amendment on behalf of Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) to coninue an existing ban on the coverage of abortions (except to save the life of the mother, or in cases of rape or incest) under federal employees' health insurance plans, which are paid for mainly with federal funds. The DeWine Amendment passed, 54-45, Vote No. 190, July 22, 1997.